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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1938
Page
2
Catalog page lists seeds and plants including LAND POPPY ORMOND POPPY and PRIMULA MALACOIDES. Describes deep pink varieties and winter flowering mixes with prices per packet and separate varieties. Also mentions post free offers and a selection of seed packets from Ormond and related vendors.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions various names and places in a dated style. The text lacks clear events or cohesive reporting, but hints at community figures, settlements, and dated references, leaving uncertain specifics for interpretation.
A Cobram Courier column from August 5 1897 notes Customs seizing the ship Phos from Norway for uncustomed goods. It discusses a Drum and File Band proposal and a public meeting, plus train service talks between Numurkal Cobram and alternate light trains urged by MP Mr Graham. It covers Cobram bridge talks with Mr J Hayes and council plans, tramway area expenditures since 165, and a brass band meeting at Yarrawoweyah with Dixon's hotel venue and Mr M Stokes.
Grace Moore headlines the new film When You're in Love at Photophone Talkies this Saturday night. Cary Grant joins the cast as one of her leading men in his first musical role, joined by Aline McMahon Henry Stephenson Thomas Mitchell Catherine absent from only one Miss Moore film. Robert Riskin wrote the story about an Australian opera star stranded by immigration laws, pursuing a song festival dream with her grand guardian.
The State Authority and Water Supply Commission accepted A Chalingsworth Pty Ltd tender for ten steel flood gates at Yarrawonga Weir. The gates, 40 ft long and 20 ft high, cost £25 853 6 and must be completed by May 1939. They will be the largest of their kind in Victoria and operate on roller bearings with electric hoist winches to be installed later.
The last Melbourne sale on 25th ult saw 5200 bales offered from major wool districts and South East S A and Riverina New South Wales. Clearance reached 90 percent as buyers valued quality and length with strong rival bidding from Yorkshire and Australian mills. Younghusband Limited opened the New Year with an average 3800 bales and 850 bales bulk wools, noting top bids to 10d for Denholme Green and overall steady demand for merino and comeback wools. The next sale is set for February 7.
The Interior Minister Mr McEwen released figures indicating that the flow of aliens into Australia is not sufficient. British born residents constitute about 98 per cent of the population, while aliens make up a small portion.
A source notes expected British migration will impact Perenta's population. It states that 98 percent of new arrivals are of British birth, indicating a strong influence on local demographics and labor markets.
A collection of aphorisms from Adler, Owen Young, and Frost. Adler argues that those disinterested in others create their own worst burdens and harm others. Young emphasizes empathetic understanding of others. Huard and Frost comment on labor and advancement, noting the limits of solitary effort and the shift from eight to twelve hours for upward mobility.
In Melbourne City Court a woman with prior soliciting and consorting convictions challenged the Chief Commissioner of Police refusal to renew her driving licence. The Commissioner’s power to assess moral factors was defended as needed to curb lawbreakers. the magistrate ultimately granted the licence.
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